U.S. patent application number 16/681825 was filed with the patent office on 2021-05-13 for hairpiece, hair extension structure, and hair extension method.
The applicant listed for this patent is Chia-Yu Wang, Yu-Fen Wang. Invention is credited to Chia-Yu Wang, Yu-Fen Wang.
Application Number | 20210137196 16/681825 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 1000004471248 |
Filed Date | 2021-05-13 |
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United States Patent
Application |
20210137196 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Wang; Yu-Fen ; et
al. |
May 13, 2021 |
HAIRPIECE, HAIR EXTENSION STRUCTURE, AND HAIR EXTENSION METHOD
Abstract
Disclosed are a hairpiece, a hair extension structure, and a
hair extension method that attaches a fake-hair bundle to a root
position of a real-hair bundle to complete a hair extension. The
hairpiece includes an inwardly folded fixing strip having fake-hair
compositions with an upper end connected to the fake-hair bundle,
and a thermosetting layer pre-combined with an inner side of the
fixing strip. The hair extension structure has both fixing strip
and thermosetting adhesive layer inwardly folded and the
thermosetting adhesive layer covered and adhered onto both upper
and lower sides of the real-hair bundle. The hair extension method
includes measuring a user's head, preparing equal-division marks,
grabbing the real-hair bundle according to the equal-division
marks, covering and gluing the thermosetting adhesive layer of the
hairpiece onto the real-hair bundle, and heating, melting, and
solidifying the thermosetting adhesive layer to complete the hair
extension structure of the hairpiece.
Inventors: |
Wang; Yu-Fen; (Tainan City,
TW) ; Wang; Chia-Yu; (Chiayi County, TW) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Wang; Yu-Fen
Wang; Chia-Yu |
Tainan City
Chiayi County |
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TW
TW |
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Family ID: |
1000004471248 |
Appl. No.: |
16/681825 |
Filed: |
November 13, 2019 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A41G 5/008 20130101;
A41G 5/006 20130101 |
International
Class: |
A41G 5/00 20060101
A41G005/00 |
Claims
1. A hairpiece, provided for adhering a fake-hair bundle to a root
position of a real-hair bundle of a user's hair to complete a hair
extension by the hairpiece, and the hairpiece comprising: a fixing
strip, being a soft and inwardly folded strip; a fake-hair bundle,
composed of a plurality of fake-hair compositions, and an upper end
of the fake-hair bundle being coupled to the fixing strip; and a
thermosetting adhesive layer, pre-combined with an inner side of
the fixing strip, and glued to the fixing strip after the
thermosetting adhesive layer and the fixing strip are folded
altogether.
2. The hairpiece as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fixing strip is
a strip formed by braiding the upper ends of the plurality of
fake-hair compositions of the fake-hair bundle altogether.
3. A hair extension structure of a hairpiece, provided for adhering
a fake-hair bundle to a root position of a real-hair bundle of a
user's hair to complete a hair extension by the hairpiece, and the
hairpiece comprising: a fixing strip, being a soft and inwardly
folded strip; a fake-hair bundle, composed of a plurality of
fake-hair compositions, and an upper end of the fake-hair bundle
being coupled to the fixing strip; a thermosetting adhesive layer,
pre-combined with an inner side of the fixing strip, and glued to
the fixing strip after the thermosetting adhesive layer and the
fixing strip are folded altogether; wherein, the thermosetting
adhesive layer and the fixing strip of the hairpiece are folded
altogether, so that the thermosetting adhesive layer is covered and
adhered onto both upper and lower sides of the real-hair
bundle.
4. The hair extension structure of a hairpiece as claimed in claim
3, wherein the fixing strip is a strip formed by braiding the upper
ends of the plurality of fake-hair compositions of the fake-hair
bundle altogether.
5. A hair extension method of the hairpiece as claimed in claim 1,
provided for adhering a fake-hair bundle to a root position of a
real-hair bundle of a user's hair to complete a hair extension by
the hairpiece, and the hair extension method comprising the steps
of: (a) measuring the user's circumference within a hair extension
range of a row using a head caliper; (b) marking a plurality of
equal-division marks in the hair extension range of the row by
using a calibration of the head caliper based on to the head
circumference measured in the step (a); (c) grabbing a real-hair
bundle between two adjacent equal-division marks in the hair
extension range of the row, and combing the real-hair bundle; (d)
folding the fixing strip and the thermosetting adhesive layer of
the hairpiece altogether, so that the thermosetting adhesive layer
is covered onto both upper and lower sides of the real-hair bundle;
(e) heating the fixing strip and the thermosetting adhesive layer
by a heater, so that the thermosetting adhesive layer is melted,
and then solidified, and finally fixed to the real-hair bundle; (f)
repeating the steps (b) to (e) for the plurality of hair extension
ranges of each row disposed at a spacing below the hair extension
range of the row.
6. The hair extension method of a hairpiece as claimed in claim 5,
wherein the head caliper of the step (a) is a soft tape measure,
and the head caliper measures the head circumference in a first-row
hair extension range from positions approximately 2.about.3 cm
above both ears of the user and transversally around the back of
the user's head; and the implementation for the plurality of hair
extension ranges of the step (f) is taken place below the first-row
hair extension range.
7. The hair extension method of a hairpiece as claimed in claim 6,
wherein when the head circumference in the first-row hair extension
range is 35.about.40 cm, each of the equal-division marks has a
spacing of 1 cm; when the head circumference in the first-row hair
extension range is 28.about.35 cm, each of the equal-division marks
has a spacing of 0.8 cm; and when the head circumference in the
first-row hair extension range is smaller than 28 cm, each of the
equal-division marks has a spacing of 0.6 cm.
8. The hair extension method of a hairpiece as claimed in claim 5,
wherein the equal-division marks are color pigments dotted onto the
user's scalp.
9. The hair extension method of a hairpiece as claimed in claim 5,
wherein the heater of the step (e) is an ultrasonic heater.
10. The hair extension method of a hairpiece as claimed in claim 5,
wherein the equal-division marks of the hair extension range of
each row and the equal-division marks of the hair extension ranges
of the row above or below are disposed at staggered positions with
respect to each other; and the real-hair bundle between two
adjacent equal-division marks in the hair extension range of each
row are coupled to the hairpieces, so that the hairpieces are
staggered and coupled to each real-hair bundle of the user's hair.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a hairpiece, and its hair
extension structure and hair extension method, in particular to the
hairpiece, hair extension structure and hair extension method
capable of connecting the hairpiece to a root position of a user's
real-hair bundle.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Nowadays, people often have hair extensions on their hair,
and the hairpiece is generally adhered to the root position of the
inner side of the user's real hair by a pasting, snapping, or
braiding structure in order to change the color, length, abundance,
and styling of the hair and to avoid the damage and risk of hair
dyeing and perming.
[0003] Among a wide variety of conventional hairpieces, the most
common one is a pasted type hairpiece, which uses an artificial
fiber or rayon as fake hair, and a plurality of fake hairs is
arranged into a hair bundle, and a plurality of hair bundles is
arranged and combined altogether, and then upper ends of the hair
bundles are braided or adhered with each other, so that the upper
ends of the hair bundles of the hairpiece will not be separated,
and a double-sided adhesive tape is pre-glued onto a side near the
upper end of the hairpiece, and the double-sided adhesive tape has
a side adhered to the hairpiece and the other side adhered a root
position of a user's real hair, and then other real hairs are
covered onto the hairpiece so as to complete a hair extension by
the hairpiece. However, such conventional hairpiece has the
drawbacks of falling off easily and leading to discomfort. At
present, the more natural hair extension method generally adopts
the method of braiding or clamping the fake-hair bundles, but this
method just braid or clamp a small number of fake-hair bundles
only, so that it takes much time for the hair extension operation
and also incurs a very high fees for the hair extension.
[0004] In most of the conventional hair extension technologies, a
hair stylist freely grabs a real hair bundle to carry out the hair
extension based on the hair stylist's personal intuition, and then
decides whether or not to further continue the hair extension, so
that the hair stylish does not perform the hair extension according
to the user's head circumference, hair volume, hair diameter and
hair density. As a result, non-uniformity or asymmetry may occur
after the hair extension is completed. In addition, the weight of
the fake-hair bundle withstood by each person's real hair varies.
For people with thick hair and dense hair follicles, the fake-hair
bundles may be attached to less real hair; and for people with fine
hair and scattered hair follicles, more fake-hair bundles must be
attached to more real hair, or else the real hair has to withstand
the heavy weight of the fake-hair bundles. As a result, the real
hair may break or fall off easily when being pulled.
[0005] The present invention intends to overcome the aforementioned
problems of the prior art by providing a method of quickly
connecting the fake-hair bundles onto the user's real hair at a
time based on the user's head circumference, so that the user will
have an appropriate hair volume after the hair extension is
completed, and the real hair will not be broken or fallen off
easily, and the hair extension can be connected quickly and
securely to the connecting structure.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] In view of the aforementioned drawbacks of the prior art,
the inventor of the present invention based on years of experience
in the related industry to conduct extensive research and
experiment, and finally developed a hairpiece and its hair
extension structure and hair extension method with the effects of
improving the hair extension speed, securing the hair extension
structure, providing a better layering for the hair extension,
avoiding an unnatural look caused by having too much fake hair and
preventing the breakage of real hair caused by the excessive weight
of the fake hair, and standardizing the repeated processes of the
hair extension.
[0007] Therefore, it is a primary objective of the present
invention to provide a hairpiece and its hair extension structure
and hair extension method. By the design of the hairpiece, the
structure of connecting the hairpiece to the user's real hair, and
the hair extension method, the speed and secured connection of the
hair extension can be improved, and the hair extension has a better
layering effect, and this invention can avoid an unnatural look
caused by having too much fake hair and prevent the breakage of
real hair caused by the excessive weight of the fake hair, and the
hair extension operation can be standardized and implemented
repeatedly with a high standard.
[0008] To achieve the aforementioned and other objectives, the
present invention provides a hairpiece provided for adhering a
fake-hair bundle to a root position of a real-hair bundle of a
user's hair to complete a hair extension by the hairpiece, and the
hairpiece in accordance with a preferred embodiment of this
invention comprises: a fixing strip, a fixing strip, being a soft
and inwardly folded strip; a fake-hair bundle, composed of a
plurality of fake-hair compositions, and an upper end of the
fake-hair bundle being coupled to the fixing strip; and a
thermosetting adhesive layer, pre-combined with an inner side of
the fixing strip, and glued to the fixing strip after the
thermosetting adhesive layer and the fixing strip are folded
altogether and then glued with each other. Wherein, the fixing
strip is a strip formed by braiding upper ends of the plurality of
fake-hair compositions of the fake-hair bundle.
[0009] To achieve the aforementioned and other objectives, the
present invention further provides a hair extension structure of
the hairpiece provided for adhering a fake-hair bundle to a root
position of a real-hair bundle of a user's hair to complete a hair
extension by the hairpiece, and the hair extension structure of the
hairpiece in accordance with a preferred embodiment comprises: a
fixing strip, being a soft and inwardly folded strip; a fake-hair
bundle, composed of a plurality of fake-hair compositions, and an
upper end of the fake-hair bundle being coupled to the fixing
strip; a thermosetting adhesive layer, pre-combined with an inner
side of the fixing strip, and glued to the fixing strip after the
thermosetting adhesive layer and the fixing strip are folded
altogether; wherein, the thermosetting adhesive layer and the
fixing strip of the hairpiece are folded altogether, so that the
thermosetting adhesive layer is covered and adhered onto both upper
and lower sides of the real-hair bundle. Wherein, the fixing strip
is a strip formed by braiding the upper ends of the plurality of
fake-hair compositions of the fake-hair bundle altogether.
[0010] To achieve the aforementioned and other objectives, the
present invention further provides a hair extension method of the
hairpiece provided for adhering a fake-hair bundle to a root
position of a real-hair bundle of a user's hair to complete a hair
extension by the hairpiece, and the hair extension method of the
hairpiece comprises the steps of: (a) measuring the user's
circumference within a hair extension range of a row using a head
caliper; (b) marking a plurality of equal-division marks in the
hair extension range of the row by using a calibration of the head
caliper based on to the head circumference measured in the step
(a); (c) grabbing a real-hair bundle between two adjacent
equal-division marks in the hair extension range of the row, and
combing the real-hair bundle; (d) folding the fixing strip and the
thermosetting adhesive layer of the hairpiece altogether, so that
the thermosetting adhesive layer is covered onto both upper and
lower sides of the real-hair bundle; (e) heating the fixing strip
and the thermosetting adhesive layer by a heater, so that the
thermosetting adhesive layer is melted, and then solidified, and
finally fixed to the real-hair bundle; (f) repeating the steps (b)
to (e) for the plurality of hair extension ranges of each row
disposed at a spacing below the hair extension range of the
row.
[0011] In the hair extension method of the hairpiece, the head
caliper of the step (a) is a soft tape measure, and the head
caliper measures the head circumference in a first-row hair
extension range from positions approximately 2.about.3 cm above
both ears of the user and transversally around the back of the
user's head; and the implementation for the plurality of hair
extension ranges of the step (f) is taken place below the first-row
hair extension range.
[0012] In the hair extension method of the hairpiece, when the head
circumference in the first-row hair extension range is 35.about.40
cm, each of the equal-division marks has a spacing of 1 cm; when
the head circumference in the first-row hair extension range is
28.about.35 cm, each of the equal-division marks has a spacing of
0.8 cm; and when the head circumference in the first-row hair
extension range is smaller than 28 cm, each of the equal-division
marks has a spacing of 0.6 cm.
[0013] In the hair extension method of the hairpiece, the
equal-division marks are color pigments dotted onto the user's
scalp.
[0014] In the hair extension method of the hairpiece, the heater of
the step (e) is an ultrasonic heater.
[0015] In the hair extension method of the hairpiece, the
equal-division marks of the hair extension range of each row and
the equal-division marks of the hair extension range of the row
above or below are disposed at staggered positions with respect to
each other; and the real-hair bundle between two adjacent
equal-division marks in the hair extension range of each row are
coupled to the hairpieces, so that the hairpieces are staggered and
coupled to each real-hair bundle of the user's hair.
[0016] In summation, the hairpiece and its hair extension structure
and hair extension method of the present invention has the
following effects:
[0017] 1. By the design of the hairpiece and its hair extension
structure of the present invention, the upper end of the hairpiece
can cove and attach onto both upper and lower sides of the
real-hair bundle quickly to achieve the effect of improving the
speed and secured connection of the hair extension.
[0018] 2. By the design of the hairpiece hair extension method of
the present invention, the most appropriate amount of fake hairs
can be connected to the head circumference of the user's head to
avoid an unnatural look caused by having too much fake hair and
prevent the breakage of real hair caused by the excessive weight of
the fake hair.
[0019] 3. By the design of the hair extension method of the
hairpiece of the present invention, the hair extension operation
can be standardized based on the user's head circumference and
implemented repeatedly.
[0020] 4. By the design of the hair extension method of the
hairpiece of the present invention, the hairpiece provides a better
layering.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0021] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hairpiece in accordance
with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[0022] FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a hair extension structure of
the hairpiece in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the
present invention;
[0023] FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the hair extension structure
assembled to the hairpiece in accordance with a preferred
embodiment of the present invention;
[0024] FIG. 4 is a schematic view of measuring a user's head
circumference for the hairpiece in accordance with a hair extension
method of the present invention;
[0025] FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a plurality of
equal-division marks situated at staggered positions for attaching
the hairpiece in accordance with the hair extension method of the
present invention; and
[0026] FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing a plurality of hairpieces
situated at staggered positions in accordance with the hair
extension method of the present invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0027] The aforementioned and other objects, characteristics and
advantages of the present invention will become apparent with the
detailed description of the preferred embodiments and the
illustration of related drawings as follows.
[0028] With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 for a hairpiece of the
present invention, the hairpiece is used to adhere a fake-hair
bundle to a root position of a real-hair bundle of a user's hair to
complete a hair extension, and the hairpiece in accordance with a
preferred embodiment comprises: a fixing strip 10, which is a soft
strip inwardly foldable towards an inner side 11 of the fixing
strip 10; a fake-hair bundle 20 which is composed of a plurality of
fake-hair compositions 21, wherein an upper end of the fake-hair
bundle 20 is coupled to the fixing strip 10; and a thermosetting
adhesive layer 30, pre-combined with an inner side of the fixing
strip 10, and folded with the fixing strip 10 altogether and
provided for covering and adhering both upper and lower sides of a
real-hair bundle 100 quickly (as shown in FIG. 3) to achieve the
effect of improving the speed and secured connection of the hair
extension. Wherein, the fixing strip 10 is a strip formed by
braiding the upper ends of the plurality of fake-hair compositions
21 of the fake-hair bundle 20, and then the thermosetting adhesive
layer 30 is pre-combined with the inner side 11 of the fixing strip
10.
[0029] In FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, a hair extension structure of the
hairpiece of the present invention provided for adhering a
fake-hair bundle to a root position of a real-hair bundle of a
user's hair to complete a hair extension by the hairpiece, the hair
extension structure in accordance with a preferred embodiment of
the present invention comprises a fixing strip 10, a fake-hair
bundle 20 and a thermosetting adhesive layer 30 of the
aforementioned hairpiece, and the thermosetting adhesive layer 30
and the fixing strip 10 of the hairpiece are folded altogether, so
that the thermosetting adhesive layer 30 covers both upper and
lower sides of the real-hair bundle 100, and then a conventional
ultrasonic heater (not shown in the figure) is used to heat the
fixing strip 10 and the thermosetting adhesive layer 30, so that
after the thermosetting adhesive layer 30 is melted, and then
solidified, the thermosetting adhesive layer 30 will be attached
onto both upper and lower sides of the real-hair bundle 100, so as
to achieve the effect of improving the speed and secured connection
of the hair extension.
[0030] The hair extension method of the hairpiece of the present
invention is based on the aforementioned hairpiece structure and a
hair extension can be achieved by this method which comprises the
following steps:
[0031] Step (a): In FIG. 4, a head caliper 40 is used to measure a
head circumference of a user in a hair extension range A1 of a row,
wherein the head caliper 40 is a soft tape measure, and the head
caliper 40 measures the head circumference in a first-row hair
extension range A1 from positions approximately 2.about.3 cm above
both ears of the user and transversally around the back of the
user's head; when the head circumference in the first-row hair
extension range A1 is 35.about.40 cm, it means that the user has a
large head, so that the hair extension spacing B2 can be larger;
when the head circumference in the first-row hair extension range
A1 is 28.about.35 cm, it means that the user has a medium sized
head, so that the hair extension spacing B2 can be controlled to be
moderate; when the head circumference in the first-row hair
extension range A1 is smaller than 28 cm, it means that the user
has a small head, so that the hair extension spacing B2 must be
reduced. By the aforementioned measurement of the head
circumference, the required hair volume can be estimated in order
to apply a suitable amount of hairpieces to the user's head.
[0032] Step (b): A plurality of equal-division marks B1 is marked
in the hair extension range of the row based on the head
circumference measured in the step (a) by using a calibration of
the head caliper. In other words, when the head circumference in
the first-row hair extension range A1 is 35.about.40 cm, each of
the equal-division marks B1 has a spacing B2 of 1 cm; when the head
circumference in the first-row hair extension range A1 is
28.about.35 cm, each of the equal-division marks B1 has a spacing
B2 of 0.8 cm; when the head circumference in the first-row hair
extension range A1 is smaller than 28 cm, each of the
equal-division marks B1 has a spacing B2 of 0.6 cm; and the
equal-division marks B1 are pigments (such as water-based or
oil-based ink) dotted onto the user's scalp in order to pre-set the
positions for the hair extension.
[0033] Step (c): In FIG. 2, a real-hair bundle 100 at the spacing B
between two adjacent equal-division marks B1 in the hair extension
range A1 is grabbed, and combed, and then coupled to a hairpiece,
so that the hairpieces of each row have a spacing B2 (as shown in
FIG. 6).
[0034] Step (d): In FIGS. 2 and 3, the fixing strip 10 and the
thermosetting adhesive layer 30 of the hairpiece are folded
altogether, so that the thermosetting adhesive layer 30 covers both
upper and lower sides of the real-hair bundle 100, and each
hairpiece has an equal-division mark B1.
[0035] Step (e): A heater is used to heat the fixing strip and the
thermosetting adhesive layer, so that after the thermosetting
adhesive layer is melted, and then solidified, the thermosetting
adhesive layer is fixed to the real-hair bundle, wherein the heater
is a conventional ultrasonic heater.
[0036] Step (f): In FIG. 5, the steps (b) to (e) are repeated for
the plurality of hair extension ranges A2.about.A14 of each row
disposed at a spacing below the hair extension range A1 of the row
after the hair extension is completed, wherein there are a total of
14 rows in this embodiment, and the hair extension steps are
repeated until the hair extension of all these 14 rows is
completed. In FIGS. 5 and 6, the equal-division marks B1 in the
hair extension range A1.about.A14 of each row and the
equal-division marks B1 in the hair extension range A of the row
above or below are situated at staggered positions with respect to
each other, so that the hairpieces are arranged in a staggered
shape and coupled to each real-hair bundle of the user's hair.
[0037] The aforementioned positions for the hair extension include
four rows on each of the left and right sides of the user's head,
and 14 rows (A1.about.A14) at the back of the user's head. Among
the 14 rows at the back of the user's head, the first-row hair
extension range A1 preferably has 14 equal-division marks B1, the
second-row hair extension range A2 preferably has 13 equal-division
marks B1, the third-row hair extension range A3 preferably has 12
equal-division marks B1, and so on and so forth.
[0038] While the invention has been described by way of example and
in terms of a preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the
invention is not limited thereto. To the contrary, it is intended
to cover various modifications and similar arrangements and
procedures, and the scope of the appended claims therefore should
be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such
modifications and similar arrangements and procedures.
[0039] In summation of the description above, the hairpiece and its
hair extension structure and hair extension method in accordance
with the present invention herein enhances the performance than the
conventional structure and further complies with the patent
application requirements and is submitted to the Patent and
Trademark Office for review and granting of the commensurate patent
rights.
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